U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division train to integrate small unmanned aerial systems and mortars at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 29-31, 2024. The purpose of sUAS and mortar integration training is to increase the accuracy and lethality of indirect fire assets organic to an infantry battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Logan Courtright)(This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: White Rooftops composed by FormatX/stock.adobe.com)

U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, hold a deactivation ceremony in 64 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 15, 2022. VMU-4 was reactivated in February 2011, and operated the RQ-21A Blackjack. The squadron was deactivated following the commandant’s guidance in Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Benjamin Whitehurst and Lance Cpl. Peyton Kahle)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, test and modify standard operating procedures at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 8, 2020. The purpose of this training was to re-enforce effective unit SOP while also further implementing use of unmanned systems. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Shane T. Beaubien)

U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3 (VMU-3), demonstrate the Stingray, a new capability, on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe bay, Sept. 19, 2019. The Stingray allows VMU-3 to broadcast real-time, full motion video from the RQ-21 Blackjack, unmanned aerial vehicle to the Marines on the ground. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Eric Tso)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group and 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, engage in small unmanned aerial systems training with the RQ-11B Raven at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, April 3-4, 2019. Marines from units in Okinawa and Hawaii learned how to operate the Raven to enhance their capabilities and expertise. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jacob Wilson)

U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Installations-West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 1st Marine Division and airmen from the 196th California Air National Guard conducted Operation Wild Buck, to test the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to monitor Camp Pendleton wildlife populations and develop tactics, techniques, and procedures for using UAS during emergency operations on Camp Pendleton California, Dec. 18,2018.There were two different UAS flown during the exercise, RQ-20B Puma which was controlled on the ground at Camp Pendleton, and the second was a high-flying, RQ-9 Reaper, launched from Las Vegas and controlled via satellite link from March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, CA. Both UAS sent back video feeds to Camp Pendleton’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), where installation leadership observed and coordinated the operation. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Megan Roses)

Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels reports on the testing of the Lattice Platform Security system at the Red Beach training area, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton California, Nov 7 2018. The Lattice system was being tested to demonstrate it's capabilities and potential of enhancing security aboard the installation. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl Megan Roses)

The Marines of Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 conduct launch and recovery procedures of the RQ-21 Blackjack, during exercise Frozen Reindeer in Rena, Norway, May 24, 2018. Frozen Reindeer is a training exercise designed to build flight and ground proficiency in cold weather environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Autmn S. Bobby)

U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, receive their unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) breast insignia during a ceremony in Rena, Norway, May 21, 2018. The Commandant recently approved the UAS breast insignia for the qualified Marines with the MOS of 7314 or 7315. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Autmn Bobby)